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Durban · South Africa

DUR King Shaka International Airport

Local timeUTC+2Africa/Johannesburg
Runways1longest 12,139 ft3,700 m
Elevation295 ft90 mabove sea level
CodesDUR · FALEIATA · ICAO

Photo: Kieron Thwaites, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Runways

OurAirports has no surveyed runway-end positions for this airport, so we don’t draw a layout.

RunwayLengthWidthSurface
06/24
61° / 241° true
12,139 ft3,700 m197 ft60 masphalt

Runway numbers are the magnetic heading divided by ten, rounded; L, C and R mark parallel runways. Displaced thresholds shorten the usable length at some ends.

Location and time

Coordinates29.6°S, 31.1°E (-29.6134, 31.1179)
RegionKwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Time zoneAfrica/Johannesburg: UTC+2 all year (no daylight saving time)

Distances and flight times to world hubs

HubDistanceFrom DURTo DUR
Johannesburg JNB478 km297 mi1 h 35 min1 h 35 min
Doha DOH6,483 km4,028 mi8 h 20 min8 h 30 min
Dubai DXB6,627 km4,118 mi8 h 30 min8 h 40 min
São Paulo GRU7,607 km4,727 mi10 h 30 min9 h
Istanbul IST7,886 km4,900 mi10 h10 h
Delhi DEL8,103 km5,035 mi10 h 05 min10 h 30 min
Singapore SIN8,435 km5,242 mi10 h 15 min11 h
Frankfurt FRA9,131 km5,674 mi11 h 35 min11 h 15 min
Paris CDG9,191 km5,711 mi11 h 40 min11 h 20 min
London LHR9,531 km5,922 mi12 h 05 min11 h 40 min
Sydney SYD10,552 km6,557 mi12 h 05 min14 h 10 min
Hong Kong HKG10,561 km6,562 mi12 h 45 min13 h 25 min
Beijing PEK11,721 km7,283 mi13 h 55 min14 h 55 min
New York JFK13,281 km8,252 mi16 h 50 min15 h 30 min
Tokyo HND13,445 km8,354 mi15 h 45 min17 h
Toronto YYZ13,825 km8,591 mi17 h 35 min16 h 05 min
Atlanta ATL13,995 km8,696 mi17 h 35 min16 h 20 min
Chicago ORD14,466 km8,989 mi18 h 20 min16 h 45 min
Mexico City MEX14,890 km9,252 mi18 h 40 min17 h 20 min
Los Angeles LAX17,106 km10,629 mi21 h 25 min19 h 40 min

Estimated scheduled flight times for a nonstop flight; whether one operates is not something we track. Linked hubs have a full route page.

Nearest airports with scheduled flights

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Richards Bay RCB
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Margate MGH
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157 km98 mi SSW
Mkuze MZQ
Mkuze Airport
239 km148 mi NNE
Mthatha UTT
K. D. Matanzima Airport
318 km197 mi SW
Maseru MSU
Moshoeshoe I International Airport · Lesotho
345 km214 mi W
Mpaka SHO
King Mswati III International Airport · Eswatini
367 km228 mi N
Maputo MPM
Maputo Airport · Mozambique
435 km270 mi NNE

How far can you get?

Of the 265 airports with guides on this site, roughly this many are within a nonstop flight of:

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Radio frequencies

ServiceDescriptionMHz
DURBAN APPROACH125.750
KING SHAKA ATIS127.000
KING SHAKA INT.KING SHAKA INT. Tower118.450
KING SHAKA INT.121.650
VOT TGV115.600

From OurAirports’ community-maintained list. Frequencies change; check the current official publication. Not for navigation.

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